The factions are diverse in their benefits and drawbacks, each lending themselves to different player preferences, opportunities, and playstyles. Related: 5 Role Playing Games In Which You’re NOT the Chosen One That is to say, they are looking for an enterprising young player to back their cause and join in the fight. What they need is some strong, boots on the ground leadership a commander who has made a name for themselves, who has rounded up a small army of dedicated warriors, who is not afraid to get stuck in on the front lines for their monarch. Eight distinct factions are staking a claim on the crown and looking to expand their borders. The medieval landscape is defined by unrest caused by a civil war, the splitting of the centralized Calradian Empire throwing the ownership of the country into question. The Calradia of Mount & Blade 2, perhaps even more than in the previous installments of the franchise, is in a state of substantial political turmoil.